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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre for Nintendo Switch

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2021
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a fantasy role-playing game with a third-person view in the Star Wars universe. You can choose your path in this epic game...
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition - a game in the Role-playing game genre
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition
Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy, Medieval era, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2026
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 64/100
The re-release of the role-playing action game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North from 2011, set in the universe of "The Lord of the Rings," takes place...
Banner Saga - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Banner Saga
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 May 2018
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...
Octopath Traveler 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Octopath Traveler 2
Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2023
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Turn-based Japanese role-playing game in an open world. The story takes place in Solistia, a world where the eastern and western continents are separated by sea. It...
Vampyr - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Vampyr
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2019
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Vampyr is a third-person action RPG from the creators of Life is Strange and Remember Me. London 1918... Spanish flu... it is unlikely that many people are able to...
Cardpocalypse - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Cardpocalypse
Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Collectible card game (CCG)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2019
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 88/100
Cardpocalypse is a fun turn-based combat RPG card game set in the 1990s. The game tells the story of ten-year-old Jess, who moves to a new school where all the...
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2019
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition is an isometric medieval themed RPG. The god of murderers Baal, foreseeing his death, created for himself many descendants from...
Biomutant - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Biomutant
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2024
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 65/100
Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up melee attacks...
Final Fantasy VII - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Final Fantasy VII
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2019
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Final Fantasy VII is a third-person role-playing game in the anime and fantasy style. In Midgar, a city controlled by the mega-conglomerate Shinra Inc., Mako...
Octopath Traveler - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Octopath Traveler
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2018
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 82/100
A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline, revealing...
Dark Souls Remastered - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Dark Souls Remastered
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2018
Players: 8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Dark Souls Remastered is a re-release of a hardcore role-playing action game with a third-person view set in a fantasy world. The game takes place in the fictional...
Gothic 2: Gold Edition - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Gothic 2: Gold Edition
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Gothic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2023
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 79/100
The edition combines the original Gothic 2 and the expansion Night of the Raven, offering a vast journey through an open world in the spirit of classic RPGs. The...
Sheltered - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Sheltered
Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival, Strategy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 December 2018
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
Monster Hunter Rise - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Monster Hunter Rise
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy, Action, Open world, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Hunting / Fishing
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 87/100
The action takes place 50 years after the great disaster. The hunters are faced with a new and terrifying monster that is ready to plunge everything around into...
Wasteland 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Wasteland 2
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2019
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 92/100
Special edition of a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles in a fantasy setting for modern consoles. The game is fully adapted for gamepad control and...
Immortals Fenyx Rising - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2020
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Immortals Fenyx Rising is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. You will go to...
Rogue Legacy 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Rogue Legacy 2
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022
Players: 8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 89/100
One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...
Torchlight 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Torchlight 2
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2019
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Torchlight 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The new heroes must navigate the path of...
Darkest Dungeon 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Darkest Dungeon 2
Role-playing game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons, Gothic, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2024
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...
Diablo 2: Resurrected - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Diablo 2: Resurrected
Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...
Persona 5 Royal - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Persona 5 Royal
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2022
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 94/100
Persona 5 Royal is an expanded and enhanced edition of the third-person role-playing adventure Persona 5. The main character Joker and his friends will be able to...
Blasphemous 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Blasphemous 2
Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game, Side view, Action, Horror, Gothic, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2023
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 84/100
The sequel to the hardcore action platformer that continues the story of the Penitent. The character will take part in epic battles with bosses, each of which has...
Salt and Sanctuary - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Salt and Sanctuary
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018
Players: 9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
Citizen Sleeper - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Citizen Sleeper
Board / Group Game, Cyberpunk, Isometric, Adventure, Science fiction, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 May 2022
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 83/100
The main character is a sleeping, digitized human consciousness in an artificial body, owned by a corporation that wants to bring him back. As you wander among the...
The Elder Scrolls: Blades - a game in the Role-playing game genre
The Elder Scrolls: Blades
Role-playing game, Online, First-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2020; The project is closed: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2026
Players: 6.6/10
Metacritic: 42/100
The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play, first-person multiplayer role-playing game set in the Elder Scrolls universe. The main character is a member of the...
Hyper Light Drifter - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Hyper Light Drifter
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake
Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game, Remake
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2025
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 86/100
The remake brings back the first two classic Dragon Quest games in a completely reimagined form. Both games are combined into a single adventure with the HD-2D...
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 December 2020
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is a sequel to the classic isometric RPG with real-time combat. Eothas, the god of light and rebirth, was thought to be dead, but he...
Yakuza Kiwami - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Yakuza Kiwami
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2024
Players: 7/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A remake of the original third-person action adventure Yakuza, released on PlayStation 2 in 2005. The game tells the story of a man named Kazuma Kiryu, who was one...
Darksiders Genesis - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Darksiders Genesis
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2020
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Action-slasher with RPG elements, Darksiders Genesis is a prequel to the Darksiders trilogy. The events start decades before the first game, and the main character...
Black Book - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Black Book
Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy, Card game, Dungeons
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2021
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist - a game in the Role-playing game genre
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2025
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant to aid in...
Risen - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Risen
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Gothic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2023
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Risen is an atmospheric action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of the Gothic series. In the game you have to...
Drova - Forsaken Kin - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Drova - Forsaken Kin
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2024
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 78/100
The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world in which people have discovered the power of a dead empire, which allows them to receive the powers of spirits...
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - a game in the Role-playing game genre
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 82/100
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...
Darksiders 3 - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Darksiders 3
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 65/100
Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...
Children of Morta - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Children of Morta
Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Medieval era, Online, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2019
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 81/100
The game tells the story of the Bergson family, who live at the foot of a cursed mountain. An ancient evil has awakened and now only a famous family can stop it...
Final Fantasy Resonance - a game in the Role-playing game genre
Final Fantasy Resonance
Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2026
The first game in the series, made in the popular HD-2D style. The developers combined classic pixel art with modern visual technologies, dynamic camera work, and...
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